2018 Northeast Natural History Conference

(Extracted from full NENHC Field Trips and Workshops schedule. Click links for a complete listing and details)

Location: Shelburne Farms Education Center, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Farm Barn @ 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne VT 05482
Please RSVP if you plan on attending. If you are local, please let us know if you will be bringing a dish. Dishes not necessary for those traveling– Just bring yourself! Free for FNEP-AA Members. Donation requested for non-members.

Look for a table of FNEP Alumni materials near registration where you can pick up the latest copy of Field Notes, receive a printed schedule of  FNEP activities, claim your FNEP Alumni badge, and more.

(Extracted from full NENHC Oral Speaker Session Schedule. See Conference Abstracts for details)

• Wild Heart of Place: Empowering Local Conservation with the Vermont Master Naturalist Program – Alicia Daniel (Alum, Faculty)
• The Role of Storytelling in Science Communications – Eve Frankel
• Interpretation Strategies for the 21st Century – Kelly Finan (Alum)
• The Field Naturalist Approach as a Book – Noah Charney
• Comics and Conservation – Rosemary Mosco (Alum)

4:00 – 5:30 – Conserving an Ecologically Functional Landscape

• Ridges, Valleys, Bedrock, Soil: Using the Physical Landscape to Conserve Species in a Changing Climate – Bob Zaino (Alum), Liz Thompson (Faculty)
• Vermont Conservation Design: A Vision and Plan for an Ecologically Functional Landscape – Eric Sorenson
• Conservation paleobiology above treeline in the northeastern U.S: opportunities to inform management with ancient pollen – Caitlin MacDonough (Alum)
• Water Quality Blueprint for Floodplains and Wetlands in the Lake Champlain Basin of Vermont – Rose Paul (Alum)

Other FNEP Presentations:

Session: Fern Systematics and Biogeography, Sat 8:10 – 9:20 AM

• The Enigmatic History of Braun’s Holly Fern – Dave Barrington (Faculty)

Session: Lepidopteran and other Insect Diversity and Conservation, Sat 10:10 – Noon

• Uncovering Hidden Biodiversity through Insect Track and Sign – Charley Eiseman (Alum)

Session: Lost and Found: Recent Botanical Discoveries and Puzzles in the Northeast, Sat 10:10 – noon

• Uapishka – Les Monts Grouix, Quebec: A Botanist’s Travelogue with Notes on Plant Discoveries in the Northeast Alpine – Matt Peters (Alum)

Session: Natural History of Trees, Sat 1:30 – 3:20 PM

• Pinus resinosa in the Northern New England Landscape – Brett Engstrom (Alum)

Session: Impacts of Invasive Species on Native Biodiversity, Sat, 1:30 – 3:20 PM

• Invasive Plants and Biodiversity in the Anthropocene: Complex Management Challenges from Maine – Nancy Olmstead (Alum)

Session: Wetland Ecology and Restoration II Sat 1:30 – 3:20 PM

• The Case for Including Disease-Tolerant American Elms in Floodplain Forest Restoration Throughout the Northeast – Rose Paul (Alum)

Session:Habitats, Ecology, and Conservation of Non-migratory Bat Populations in Northern New England Sun 8:10 – 9:40 AM

• Northern Long-eared Bat in Working Forest Habitats and Implications for Voluntary Conservation – Jesse Mohr (Alum)

Session: Ecology of Northeastern Ferns and Lycophytess, Sun 10:30 – Noon, Dave Barrington & Cathy Paris (Faculty)

Session: Harnessing Biodiversity Data: Collections, Assessments, and Bliztes, Christian Schorn, Sun 3:50 – 6:00 PM

• The Fire at the Pringle Herbarium: A Disaster Averted – David Barrington
• Floristic Change on Mount Desert Island, Maine and Regional Patterns of Plant Species Loss and Decline – Caitlin McDonough (Alum)

Session: Freshwater Communities & Odonate Natural History Sun 3:50 – 6:00 PM

• Dragonflies and Damselflies: An Introduction and Field Survey Priorities for the Northeast – Bryan Pfeiffer (Faculty)

Saturday Evening:

FNEP Alumni Happy Hour (5:30 – 7:00)
Location: St John’s Club, Burlington VT. 9 Central Ave, Burlington VT 05401
Food available for purchase